| From: | Sommers sommers@*****.edu |
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| Subject: | Sigh |
| Date: | Fri, 24 Sep 1999 08:19:53 -0400 |
> > Well I finally got around to wading through all the email that I haven't
> > read in several months. Hundreds of postings going back to pre-gencon.
> > Now I have a question. Is FASA ever going to release something new for
> > Shadowrun? Have VOR and Crimson Skies taken over? Also is the Shadowrun
> > CD that was mentioned in several posts ever going to be sold to
> > those of us
> > who can't make it to Gen Con or is this another thing like the Shadowrun
> > III Hardback?
>
>FASA released the Shadowrun Quick Start rules at Gencon, two major
>sourcebooks are in the final stages of writing (Man&Machine and Cannon
>Companion) and the path for the next two years is already defined pretty
>well. So Shadowrun is still here with us.
He does have a valid point. The second half of the year goes from July to
Christmas. So far in the last quarter (July-September) FASA has released
for Shadowrun...Quick Start rules. And while I think they were definitely
needed, and have actually helped me to gain a completely new player, it is
just a summary of the game. Not much new stuff.
The last quarter of the year will see the release of Man and Machine in
October, which should rock. Its almost definite that Corporate Punishment
will be released. Then Year of the Comet and the Cannon Companion are
scheduled to be released "in the fourth quarter." I expect at least one of
them to be pushed back to 2000.
So far 6 months in 1999 they will have released 1 thin supplement, 1 think
supplement, and 1 set of adventures definitely. They might have one
campaign setting and another supplement, but at least one is going to be
late. I book every 2 months doesn't seem like a lot at all.
From the plans that we've heard, the next two years should see a big
increase, and I'm looking forward to it.
>Vor and CS are awesome games, but they are targeted to a different public
>than Shadowrun or Mechwarrior. No worries about overlapping market :)
But it does take people away from producing SR. Mike said so himself. And
there are questions about that since I do believe SR is now their best
selling game. Of course, I'm biased since I don't play those other games... :)
Sommers
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